1st Edition

Behaviour Strategies Explained

By Tamsin Grimmer Copyright 2027
240 Pages 32 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 32 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

How should we respond to children’s behaviour within early childhood? This book provides a toolbox of strategies with clear explanations of what each strategy is and how it can be used to support young children. Highlighting the importance of responding positively and understanding children’s behaviour as communication, it explains key terms and jargon associated with behaviour. Unpicking... Read more

Introduction  Part 1 Explaining terms  ABC or STAR analysis  Acknowledge and validate feelings  Attachment-aware practice  Backward chaining  Behaviour detective  Belonging  Body language  Calm down time and space  ‘Catch’ them being good  Change of face/adult  Change of place/scene  Choices   Compassion and forgiveness   Conditioning (classical and operant)  Conflict resolution  Connection before correction  Consequences  Consistency   Control  Co-regulation   Corporal Punishment  De-escalation strategies  Discipline  Distraction and diversion  Emotion coaching  Emotionally literate environment  Exclusion and suspension  Executive function and self-regulation  Expectations  Explanations  Fair and equitable (non-judgemental / not shaming)  Gentle parenting  Humour  Iceberg model  Ignore  Incentives  Instruction  Isolation  ‘I’ statements  Labelled praise  Limiting waiting and sedentary times  Logical consequences  Loving Pedagogy  Low demand language  Mirroring emotions  Natural consequences  Naughty step/chair/mat  Negative reinforcement  Neuro-affirming practice  Non-judgemental approach  PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy)  Partial Agreement  Physical restraint  Positive reinforcement  Praise and affirmation  Problem solving  Punishment  Re-directing play  Regulation Station  Relational approach  Releasing feelings  Restorative practices  Rewards  Role modelling   Routines  Rules and boundaries  Sensory Understanding  Shouting  Social stories  Threats  Time-In  Time-Out  Time warnings  Total communication approach  Touch  Transitional objects  Trauma-responsive practice  Visual Supports  Worry Monsters  Zero-tolerance approach  Zones of regulation™  5-point scales  Further Reading and Resources  Part 2 Further unpicking this ethos  The rights of the child in relation to behaviour  Adopting an ethos that supports children’s behaviour  The centrality of relationships in the school or setting  The importance of nurturing self-regulation and being proactive not reactive to supporting children’s behaviour  How to write a behaviour policy  Creating an enabling environment which supports children’s behaviour  The impact of children’s behaviour on staff wellbeing  Engaging parents and working in partnership with them when supporting their children’s behaviour  Staff training and development  Conclusion 

Biography

Tamsin Grimmer is an experienced consultant and trainer and a Principal Lecturer at Norland. Tamsin has written several early childhood books, including Developing a Loving Pedagogy in the Early Years, Nurturing Self-Regulation in Early Childhood and Supporting Behaviour and Emotions in the Early Years.